en't they? >> they are. they are every they have a good sense of humor. the brothers had news conferences and then it was time for other family members. take a listen. jackie harbaugh is the rock of our family. she's the one that moved us 17 times in a 43-year coaching career. she sold houses at every stop. she bought houses at every stop. she took them into school and out of school. she went to school when things didn't go well. but this is my hero right here, jackie harbaugh. and one other thing we like to say. you're going to ask us how we feel on this historic event. jackie, who has it better than us? no-body!! >> they have a really good sense of humor, those parents

there. pretty proud of both of their sons. let's check in with lawrence on the weather in the bay area. in new orleans it's chilly. >> i got 49 degrees in new orleans right now. what a change in a high there today michelle, only 57 degrees. here in the bay area it's colder. patchy fog in the valleys, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. but we're in for a gorgeous day ahead. we'll talk about that coming up. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> we are following some breaking traffic news right now in sunnyvale. this is a live look. northbound 101 approaching fair oaks avenue. we have a big rig accident and traffic is slow going. that accident is blocking three lanes right now. as you can see the truck in the accident not overturned but it was damaged. we also understand there's some damage to the guardrail in the area and light pole. a little fluid in the area so a lot of wood be debris in lanes. so traffic alert in effect. you may want to use 280 in the

meantime. you have much more coming up. one of the san francisco 49ers team members is apologizing for comments he made this week here in new orleans. the team is also apologizing and with more on that is cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran. good morning, cate. >> reporter: good morning. cornerback chris culliver is under heat because of this comment he made. >> i don't do the gay guys, man. i don't do that. >> are there any on th 49ers? >> nah, ain't got no gay people on the 49ers. they got to get up out of here. can't do no sweet stuff. >> is that true? >> yes. >> he apologized saying they are hurtful and ugly. those discriminating feelings

are truly not in my heart. but the question this morning, can fans be forgiving? we asked a sports bar in the castro what they thought. >> we're not letting it bother us too much. it doesn't change our perspective on the 9ers or the game. totally support them and, you know, i guess that's just something that reminds us of how we need to keep pushing for progress in the community. >> reporter: the team hasn't said whether culliver will face discipline for his comments. but the 49ers have come out and said they have rejected his comments and say there's no room for discrimination in their organization. live from the castro, cate caugiran, cbs 5. michelle, we understand that there's going to be a special performance of america the beautiful prior to the super bowl coming up on sunday. tell us who will be taking the stage for that. >> this is special. the chorus from sandy hook

elementary will be performing. there are 26 children in that chorus so we can't wait to hear that. their performance go going to be shown live as part of the pre-game show on cbs, also before the game alisha keys will sing the national anthem. can't wait to hear that, as well. new orleans police are also cracking down on gun owners. so far 17 people have been arrested for carrying a gun within 1,000 feet of a parade one this past weekend and police are quadrupling the number of officers patrolling the french quarter this week. the murder rate is ten times the national average. and that is during super bowl weekend. so they are taking all preoccasions. and frank, i have to tell you, on the streets in new orleans there is a real police presence. they have 1200 officers from the new orleans police department out here and in the outlying areas and then they also brought in reinforcements, about 300 officers from other agent sess to help during the

super bowl. >> i'm not surprised. it is an international event. wait until you go through security there, michelle, for the game. it's like something you have never gone through before. new orleans and san francisco, we know they are different places but there are some similarities and many of the new orleanians say they owe san francisco a bit of a thank you. >> they are thanking them. they are still thanking them decades later. that's because san francisco came to new orleans to help them preserve their views. reporter: >> reporter: when people around the world think of the vieux carre they think of scenes like this but it almost looks like this. >> we're not talking about a highway. we're talking about an act of barbarism. >> reporter: it would stand 40 feet tall and six lanes wide 3.5 miles of it running between

the mississippi river and the city's iconic st. louis cathedral. [ church bells ] >> jackson square, the highway. gone. no access to the river. it's over. >> reporter: and the damage wouldn't end there. >> all you see in front of us, all these trees, all the grassy grounds are gone. this is an up ramp to an elevated highway. >> both the mayor, the governor, the city council, all wanted that elevated highway in the worst way. >> reporter: so a small group of new orleanians went to war. >> we were the underdogs. >> reporter: until reinforcements arrived from san francisco. >> they wouldn't accept a nickel. they came on their own to save the city of new orleans from an elevated highway based on their experience in san francisco with the embarcadero. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the san francisco brigade's best weapon, one single image. >> we had a photograph of the embarcadero as it passed in front of the ferry building in

san francisco. and we juxtaposed a drawing that we did of the vieux carre riverfront expressway elevated in front of jackson square and we sent this out as a christmas card all over america. >> reporter: with that shot, the project was defeated. the tide of urban freeways was turned. and new orleans was saved. >> we owe san francisco big time. >> reporter: as for the embarcadero freeway -- >> san francisco doesn't want to be walled in or walled up from our waterfront. >> reporter: a demolition project new orleans never had to bother with. >> for me to be able to sit on this balcony with cocktails in the afternoon and look out and know that that concrete up ramp is not here and that the trees are here, the grounds are here, it makes the old-fashioned taste better than it would ordinarily. >> reporter: and, of course, when he says old-fashioned, he is talking about a drink. we are visiting him late last night. he not only made us an old- fashioned, but he made us

dinner, meatloaf and rosemary potatoes, something more to add to that southern hospitality. and coming up, we are going to hear from him again and what he thinks is special about false. but lawrence, we know there is so much special about new orleans. i don't know, though, if i'm enjoying this chilly weather this morning. >> yeah. it is cold. i thought she was going to say there's something special about me. not really, huh? >> well, of course. [ laughter ] >> of course, lawrence. >> you know what, we have some great weather coming our way today. looks like we are going to see a lot of sunshine and boy, it is going to be something else by the afternoon. still chilly in spots if you are headed out the door. down to 33 in napa, 36 and fog in parts of the north bay valleys. 40s inside the bay. and you can see a big dome of high pressure building back in along the west coast that's going to keep the storm track well to the north and that means we are going to stay high and dry with temperatures well above the average for this time of year. average temperatures usually in the 50s and low 60s. we are going to be way above that. in fact, about five to nine

degrees above the average. temperatures soaring as high as 67 degrees in santa rosa today. about 66 in san jose. and 63 degrees in san francisco. how long can this great weather last? we'll talking about that coming up. let's check the roads with elizabeth. breaking news in sunnyvale. we sent our photographer out this morning. you can see all the flashing lights. one lane is squeezing by past that fair oaks avenue so three lanes are blocked. this big rig accident happened a while ago. more than an hour ago. the truck did not overturn but there is a lot of damage and debris in the area. you can see all that wood debris there in lanes. and there is what sounds like a smaller fuel spill in the area, as well. so traffic alert has been issued. in the meantime, use alternates. the bay bridge is testing the new l.e.d. lights. more coming up. not your ordinary dog walk. how a bay area woman ended up

hanging off a cliff. >> i said i was a 9ers fan. >> the decorations in the room how this fan has turned his hospital room into the ultimate fan cave coming up.

hospital stay get in the way of his super bowl party plans. 7 year old jacob murphy is a heart patient at pac a young 49er fan isn't let a hospital stay get in the way of a super bowl party. 7-year-old jacob murphy is a heart patient at the children's hospital in palo alto. he is kaepernicking there. he turned his room into the ultimate fan cave. the second grader is hosting a big super bowl bash for his family on sunday. and yes, he even has the menu planned out. >> i'm going to buy a game day bucket, come over, my family is going to come and we're going to watch the super bowl and eat chicken legs. >> chicken legs. jacob said he would like to be

a play-by-play announcer one day and is already calling the super bowl final score. a huge 9ers fans. he is going with the 9ers 34, ravens 0. a little ambitious but i like the way this kid is thinking. >> i like it, too. he is not even giving the ravings a field goal. just 0. we'll take it. >> we have been seeing this all week but the southern hospitality alive and well in a big way in new orleans, isn't it? >> it really is. we have been experiencing this southern hospitality i'd say since saturday since we got here but last night we had to do a live shot for our 11 p.m. show which is 1 a.m. here. and the lawyer in one of our stories invited us up to his house. he not only let us do a live shot in his house, but he also made us dinner. he made us meatloaf, rosemary potatoes, he made us a couple of drinks.

i didn't have one by the way. and he even made us dessert. it's that southern hospitality. so we talked a little bit about how much he loves san francisco and, of course, how much he loves new orleans. >> it's a port city like san francisco. it's a city that has the same back nailian background of bars and prostitutes, cocktails and music. it's creole. you feel the french. you feel the caribbean influence. the way to understand new orleans is it's basically a caribbean port. it has much more -- it's not southern. it's certainly not the u.s. it has much more in common with havana, with vera cruz than it does with anything in this country. it is the antithesis of anglo- american united states. >> reporter: it really is a multicultural city here:just an

amazing city. just loving exploring new orleans. coming up, we talk to the ladies of the talk and they gave their best kaepernicking so you don't want to miss that. lawrence, can i see so kaepernicking from you? >> yelp. yeah. one on each arm. how about that? >> nice. i'm liking it. >> you know what, headed around the bay area today, i think we're looking at a spectacular day ahead a lot of sunshine on the way. chilly in spots this morning. we are seeing a couple of fog in the valley, so watch out with that. by the afternoon these temperatures soaring well above the average in the upper 60s inland. at the coast the dome of high pressure continues to sit over head for the next few days through the weekend. that's going to keep the jet stream well to the north. dry and above average temperatures in the bay area

for the next few days. 65 fresno. 49 lake tahoe. 50 yosemite. around the bay the temperatures up to 67 degrees today in morgan hill. 67 mountain view and redwood city. 63 half moon bay. east bay temperatures running well into the 60s by the afternoon. lots of sunshine as you head inside the bay too 67 santa rosa, 66 petaluma. next couple of days lots of sunshine maybe a few more clouds over the weekend. then maybe things start to get a little bit unsettled maybe cooler temperatures as we head toward the middle of next week. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. first a cool view of the bay bridge. if you are driving this morning on the embarcadero, san francisco, this is what you will see. they are testing the new lights, 25,000 l.e.d.s on the western span part of the celebration of the bridge's 75th anniversary set in march. so as you can see, they have been doing some testing since earlier this month. looks gorgeous and you cannot

see it from the bridge itself. so fortunately it is not impacting traffic on the bay bridge on interstate 80. let's go out live to our breaking traffic news along the peninsula. a live look in sunnyvale northbound 101 approaching fair oaks avenue. this accident happened a couple of hours ago and they have several lanes blocked. at this point only one lane is open to traffic. the truck did not overturn but there is a lot of damage in the area. they may have to do a hard closure to clear the accident. slow going if the area, so 85, 280 might be your best bet. new accident reported and oil spill northbound 880 approaching embarcadero. a couple of lanes are blocked due to the oil spill in lanes. so likely going to see some slowing at least through those downtown oakland exits. golden gate bridge looking good from marin county in san francisco. a close call for a woman

trying to save her dog that went over a cliff. a rescue at fort funston. first a dog went down and the woman tried to go after him and fell 50 feet down to the beach. eventually rescuers went down on ropes, retrieved the dog using a special harness. they had to airlift the woman off the beach. she is recovering from her injuries this morning. a bay area family is on edge after being targeted twice this week by vandals. family told cbs 5 that someone clearly is out to get them. they live in san jose's willow glen enabled. it all started on monday when someone threw yellow paint on their car and slashed their tires. the second night vandals took it to a whole new level doused the front door with gas and set that on fire. 3 a.m. yesterday they heard a thump at the front door and opened it to a wall of flames. luckily the fire didn't spread. >> i'm fearful for the health of my family. they seem to think nothing of

starting the house fire you to. if we hadn't been aware of what was going on, we certainly could have ended up with a house that burned down. >> san jose police are understaffed in this particular area. the family is taking no chances this time around. they will be staying up all night to see if those vandals come back. chuck hagel heads to capitol hill president obama's pick to be the next secretary. he will face the senate armed service committee for his nomination hearing. former republican senator out of nebraska, he should not expect a friendly reception, being soft on iran and tough on israel. the full senate could vote on the full confirmation next week. coming up daytime talk show caught super bowl fever. how the ladies of the talk are showing off their love for the 49ers. and we have a live look at the

superdome. yup. they are going to play some football there on sunday. we are gearing up for super bowl xlvii. and we'll be right back.

good morning. breaking news out of sunnyvale. many lanes are blocked, three lanes blocked northbound 101 approaching fair oaks avenue. 30 gallons of fuel in the big rig accident. there's a lot of debris in lanes. use 280, highway 85 as your alternates. we'll have much more on this plus the rest of your morning drive. already pretty busy out there. frank, back to you. >> thank you.

we have been sharing your 9ers pictures all week long. we have more. check out 80-year-old viola montoya out of san jose. these 80 but she can kaepernick with the best of 'em. she's been a 9er fan for long, long time, nice pic there. this picture from los angeles, they have some fans down there, sarah managed to find some niner faithful down in southern california. keep them coming. you can email them to news@kpix.com or upload your photos to our website, cbssf.com. we have been cheering them on all week long. time to check back in with michelle. and i know you have seen a lot of celebrities. yesterday you bumped into george lucas. how about today? >> we bumped into george lucas. we bumped into pat monahan from the train. we bumped in greg gumbel having

dinner. celebrities are in town. it's cool because we hung out with the ladies from the talk. they actually let us go back stage and then we walked the show from back stage. craig ferguson was there. they had cool guests. and they had a lot of that southern food. but what i loved most is i had them kaepernick and hey, i have to tell you, they were good. aisha tyler is a bay area native so she loves colin kaepernick. four out of five of the ladies of "the talk" are super bowl fans. cheryl underwood is a ravens fan. even though she loves the ravens, she is a huge fan of colin kaepernick. >> i love everything about him. his whole body. he is gorgeous! if he needs somebody to help him drown his sorrows after he lose the game -- [ laughter ] >> yeah, she thinks colin kaepernick is pretty hot. all right. coming up, we have heard from the harbaugh brothers already.

new we hear from their parents. and it's pretty funny so you want to check that out, frank. >> have you seen 9ers fans starting to show up? >> yes. we have seen more and more. yesterday we were out at jackson square. we saw a lot of red and gold. so that's a good sign. >> sure is. they are acomin'. big game on sunday. okay, thank you, michelle. 4:56. the other hot item for the 9ers, pricy club seats at the new stadium in santa clara. next, the other game day perks for the fans who are willing to shell out the big bucks. >> and a 49ers player is apologizing after some controversial antigay comments he made earlier this week. we'll tell you what he said and the backlash he is facing this morning.

radio. how this may change inions of the team b >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. a 49er player now apologizing for making antigay comments on the radio. how this may change opinions of the team by some of the bay

area fans. >> and we're live in new orleans. the 49ers fans are heading into town. we have been seeing a lot of red and gold. coming up, a preview of super bowl xlvii. >> it has been sunny and dry around the bay area and today we could see some temperatures another 70 degrees. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we have a traffic alert several lanes blocked right now big rig accident forecast 101 in sunnyvale. we'll have your alternates coming up. >> thank you, liz. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, it's the last day of january. i'm frank mallicoat here in the bay area. >> and i'm michelle griego here in new orleans just across from jackson square and frank, i was telling you a lot of red and gold out here now. >> a lot more coming to be sure. it crescendos this weekend. last time we saw you, we left you with a gully-washer. it looked like new orleans was getting about 5" of rain. and it's cold there, too, i

guess, right? >> reporter: it is. it's very chilly this morning. [ cathedral bells ringing ] >> reporter: yesterday it was warm in the morning. it was muggy. i couldn't wear a coat. all of a sudden dark clouds rolled in and it brought lots of rain and including thunder and a little lightning. so yeah, we were pretty drenched by yesterday morning. it also was pretty tricky for some of our equipment out there. but it rolled in and luckily, it rolled right out of town. let's look across town. the superdome is where the big game is going to be held. check this out. $200 for parking outside the superdome but a lot of people are making their way here to enjoy the game there. the seating is over 76,000 people to be enjoying the super bowl there frank and we cannot wait. as i told you for the first few days we were here, a lot of people were